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George Gaylord Simpson

American Scientist

Born: Jun 16, 1902

Died: Oct 6, 1984

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Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction. George Gaylord Simpson

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it. George Gaylord Simpson

Put Know Sticking Whales Any Where Them Reason Here

Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms. George Gaylord Simpson

Divergence Genera Variety Splitting Well Very Gradual Organisms Large

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely. George Gaylord Simpson

Complete Unlikely Recognize Case Almost Almost All Discovery Any Transition

Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees. George Gaylord Simpson

Time Backward Degrees Course Different Orders Converge

The fact - not theory - that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed. George Gaylord Simpson

Confused Become Distinction Evolution Must Darwinian Darwinian Theory Fact Opinion How Occurred Theory Popular Popular Opinion Stressed

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